Would Putin Have Handled Ferguson Better?

Would Putin Have Handled Ferguson Better?

The Russian state propaganda machine is full of schadenfreude about the Ferguson events. After all, it's a very post-Soviet kind of story: Cop kills underprivileged local, gets off scot free, people riot. Can the U.S., with all its raw power and all its pride in the fairness of public institutions, do a better job of handling the protests than President Vladimir Putin or ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych would?

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